How much fly line?

daytripper typed:
On Wed, 21 Mar 2007 17:34:18 -0400, "Tim J."
wrote:

Ken Fortenberry typed:
Tim J. wrote:
typed:
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The more you post, the more people learn to detest you. It beats
me why anybody would want to make such a complete prat of
himself, and be disliked by everybody, but please feel free.

Mr. Pot, meet Mr. Kettle.

What have I ever done to make you treat me so disrespectfully? If
you'd come to me in friendship, then this scum that ruins our roff
would be suffering this very day. And if by chance an honest man
like yourself should make enemies, then they would become my
enemies. And then they would fear you.

I suppose this means I get to kiss the ring. ;-)

Nope. I ain't gonna say it - wouldn't be prudent - not even with a
straight-line opener like that one, Tim ;-)

It was unethical bait - just for you.

/daytripper (who swore he'd stay well away from this cluster ****....)

You did pretty damned well, up until now. BTW, I was thinking about my
best fishing memory of last year. It happened that day we were above
Rt.9 and I "created" a hatch for those two nice rainbows. I know you
probably caught more fish that I that day, but I can't say with any
confidence you had more satisfaction.
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TL,
Tim
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On Wed, 21 Mar 2007 19:42:17 -0400, "Tim J."
wrote:

daytripper typed:
Nope. I ain't gonna say it - wouldn't be prudent - not even with a
straight-line opener like that one, Tim ;-)

It was unethical bait - just for you.

/daytripper (who swore he'd stay well away from this cluster ****....)

You did pretty damned well, up until now. BTW, I was thinking about my
best fishing memory of last year. It happened that day we were above
Rt.9 and I "created" a hatch for those two nice rainbows. I know you
probably caught more fish that I that day, but I can't say with any
confidence you had more satisfaction.

I had to parse that last sentence a couple of times :-)

It's a cool thing to be included with someone's good memories. I've been
blessed to have been with quite a few folks who had a memorable day on the
water. Anyway, you were due ;-)

But if you want unethical - and on-topic, to boot:

Late this fall I was at that spot you caught the two 'bows, rigging up for my
first cast of the afternoon, while watching a guy fishing downstream from the
wing dams toward me. As he got closer I overheard him talking to someone
pacing him down the road way, and it sounded like they'd both been skunked.

I had already taken a good look at the water and spotted one of your 18"
cruisers, and he was still planted in the same spot. As the two guys got close
I made a couple of soft practice casts straight up stream, then right when the
two guys were about a cast away, turned and dropped that fly four feet in
front of Mr. Rainbow, right in his feeding lane.

Got that heart poundin' feeling right up in my ears, watching, waiting...
....waiting...then saw the take and did a line-hand set so quick I surprised
myself. Up comes the rod, in goes a fine bend, and I turned around and said to
the guys: "First cast of the afternoon!" with a ****-eating grin.

It was wired all the way, but it was still classic.
Those two poor *******s never knew what hit them on their way out ;-)

/daytripper

"daytripper" wrote in message
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fine angling story snipped

.....and what year can we hope to see a display of this
angling prowess unleashed upon the hapless Penn's Creek brown trout(I am
referring to you and Tim, who seems
to fall a few hundred miles short each May himself)??
Tom

"Tom Littleton" wrote in message
news:5RkMh.13890$dG.263@trndny08...


(I am referring to you and Tim, who seems
to fall a few hundred miles short each May himself)?

I think Tripper and his driver are a bit on the outs right now.

Wayne
(thinking about crashing the Penn's thing on Monday....how far is that place
from Knoxville?)

"Wayne Knight" wrote in message
. ..
(thinking about crashing the Penn's thing on Monday....how far is that
place from Knoxville?)


Iowa or Tenn? From the latter, about 425 miles, I would guess. If the
former, Reid will swing by and pick you up....
Tom

On Thu, 22 Mar 2007 01:20:01 GMT, "Tom Littleton" wrote:

"daytripper" wrote in message
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fine angling story snipped

....and what year can we hope to see a display of this
angling prowess unleashed upon the hapless Penn's Creek brown trout(I am
referring to you and Tim, who seems
to fall a few hundred miles short each May himself)??
Tom

Well, probably not this year anyway. There is just so much water up here to
fish in May - not only is the trout season hitting stride, the annual striper
migration comes through the North Shore at the same time. It's hard to get
motivated to get in the car and drive away at that time of the year with all
that going on.

I won't even let the spousal unit book Caribbean vacations during May - we go
in March or April instead - and if I ended up in Penn's in May, I'd have to
deal with the thermo-nuclear blow-back on *that*, too ;-)

But thanks for asking.

/daytripper

Tom Littleton typed:
"daytripper" wrote in message
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fine angling story snipped

....and what year can we hope to see a display of this
angling prowess unleashed upon the hapless Penn's Creek brown trout(I
am referring to you and Tim, who seems
to fall a few hundred miles short each May himself)??

This year won't be any different. I get really cranky during that week,
'cause I sure wish I could be there again.
--
TL,
Tim
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